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Ed Thompson, Molloy’s vice president of Advancement and Mission, pictured speaking at an Energeia event, said that the grant will allow Molloy to better understand how a variety of local issues came about.
Molloy receives $1.5 million to delve deeper into L.I. history
Molloy College is better equipped to begin unearthing the historical context behind some of Long Island’s economic and social issues after receiving a $1.5 million donation from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. more
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Democrat Laura Gillen pulled off a historic victory in the Town of Hempstead on Tuesday night, defeating incumbent Anthony Santino. She declared victory along with Laura Curran, of Baldwin, who won the county executive's seat. Gillen voted at Hewitt Elementary School in her hometown of Rockville Centre early on Tuesday.
Gillen makes history as first Democratic Hempstead supervisor in more than a century
For the first time in more than a century, the Town of Hempstead will have a Democratic supervisor. Laura Gillen, a Rockville Centre attorney, defeated incumbent Republican Anthony Santino on Tuesday night by roughly 2,000 votes. more
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Country music star Jason Aldean's performance at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night became the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. In the crowd was 24-year-old Rockville Centre native Peter Meehan. Above, the concert venue last Friday.
Rockville Centre native ‘grateful’ to survive America’s deadliest shooting
The death toll was climbing steadily on Monday, less than 24 hours after a lone gunman opened fire with an assault weapon from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas during country music star Jason Aldean's performance at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. In the crowd at the Aldean concert was Peter Meehan, 24, of Rockville Centre, who flew to Las Vegas last Thursday to attend the three-day music festival with his girlfriend. more
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The Shiloh Baptist, now on North Centre Avenue, was founded in 1907.
RVC’s Shiloh Baptist Church celebrates 110th anniversary
“I wear many, many hats,” Sister Lenora Quinones said of her roles in the Shiloh Baptist Church, but she could have been talking about the many roles of the church itself, which has served … more
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Why we still need Women’s History Month
In late 1916, Brooklyn’s Inez Milholland Boissevain, a prominent New York attorney and suffragist, was traveling the country, demanding equal rights for women, including the right to vote. By the time she reached the West Coast . . . more
We need Black History Month now more than ever
We were supposed to have been healed by now, right? With the first African-American president finally elected not once but twice, the nation was supposed to be . . . more
Charlie Thomas and the Drifters share an evening of music and memories with The Platters' Sonny Turner.
The beat goes on at the Madison Theatre
Feel the beat at the Madison Theatre when some chart-topping vocalists get together for a fast-paced evening of memorable hits. more
A Girl Scout’s history of RVC
Girl Scouts from troops 820 and 837 gathered around one of their own. They sat in a semi-circle as Catrina Casella, 13, read a children’s book version of a history of Rockville Centre that she … more
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Gay history is American history
In 1969, the Stonewall Inn was a hole-in-the-wall gay bar, a plain, two-story structure operated by the Mafia. No one would have suspected . . . more
It’s the season for all things outdoors
June is Great Outdoors Month. It’s a recognition and celebration of all the things we can do outside. And here on the South Shore, there’s no shortage of ways to spend a day out of doors, and have lots of fun doing it. more
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